{"id":165434,"date":"2024-03-27T11:49:30","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/?p=165434"},"modified":"2024-03-27T11:49:33","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T06:19:33","slug":"select-the-alternative-that-best-expresses-the-meaning-of-the-given-idiom-phrase-8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gkseries.com\/blog\/select-the-alternative-that-best-expresses-the-meaning-of-the-given-idiom-phrase-8\/","title":{"rendered":"Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom\/phrase"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom\/phrase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hope against the hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>a)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope in positive circumstances<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>b)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope instead of disappointments<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>c)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hope that is against someone else\u2019s hope<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>d)&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Hopes are not good and one should never hope anything to someone<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sol:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Idiom \u2018hope against hope\u2019 means; to hope very strongly that something will happen, although you know it is not likely and you are only getting failures, eg; They&#8217;re just hoping against hope that she&#8217;s still alive.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Select the alternative that best expresses the meaning of the given idiom\/phrase. 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